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%%c of the Software Tools Virtual Operating System software and documentation.
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#-h- pstat.r          517  asc  25-mar-82 09:39:19  v1.1 (sw-tools v1.1)
#-h- main             444  asc  25-mar-82 09:39:14  v1.1 (sw-tools v1.1)
 DRIVER(pstat)

 integer i, getarg, status, pstat
 character arg(FILENAMESIZE), pid(PIDSIZE)

 call query("usage:  pstat pid [pid] ...")
 for (i=1; getarg(i, arg, FILENAMESIZE) != EOF; i=i+1)
    {
    call exppid(arg, pid)
    status = pstat(pid)
    call putlin(pid, STDOUT)
    call putlin("  ", STDOUT)
    if (status == ERR)
	call putlin("completed", STDOUT)
    else
	call putlin("active", STDOUT)
    call putc('@n')
    }
 DRETURN
 end
#-h- pstat.fmt        423  asc  25-mar-82 09:39:20  v1.1 (sw-tools v1.1)
.so ~bin/manhdr
.hd Pstat (1) 8-Jun-79
determine status of process
.sy
pstat processid [processid ...]
.ds
pstat determines the status of processes specified by the
processid's in the command line.  It returns either active or
completed for each process.  The processid's are those returned
by the shell when a background process is spawned.
.fl
none
.sa
sh - shell (command line interpreter)
.di
.au
Joe Sventek (VAX)
.bu
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